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- Title
رؤى بعض الزراع لمدى تحقيق مشروع الرى الحقلى المطور لأهدافه ببعض قرى محافظة البحيرة
- Authors
محمد السيد أحمد زايد; شرين محمد محمود عاصى
- Abstract
This research aims to identify the visions of respondent farmers for the extent of achieving field irrigation project developed for its objectives, identify the guiding services provided to benefiting farmers in the field of developed irrigation, and identify the problems facing developed irrigation from the point of view of respondent farmers. The research is done in three towns in which developed field irrigation took place in Beheira Government. Three villages were selected, one village from each town. These are the main villages located on the important developed canals; Bardala village from Kafr El Dawar Town, Bcentoui village from Abu Homs Town, and Kafr Nekla village Mahmudiyah Town. The size of the research sample was 220 respondents and was randomly selected regularly from the inventory lists of cooperative agricultural societies located in the villages of the research area by 10% of the total farmers developing irrigation; 2206 farmers. The same percentages of farmers are selected from each village of the selected villages for research. The data of the research have been collected using a questionnaire via interviews from March 2018. Frequency distribution tables, percentage, mean arithmetic, standard deviation, and range were used in the analysis of research data. The results of the research show the following: - The percentage of achieving the field irrigation project developed for its objectives ranged from 51.3% to 77.3%. The average of average achievement of the project‘s goals in total 1.95 degrees within 65%.- The results showed weakness and deficiencies in guidance services provided by the Agricultural Extension Service for farmers in the area of field irrigation ranged from 12.7% to 48.2%.- The respondents mentioned many problems facing developed field irrigation from their point of view in the research area, the most important of which are: the lack of commitment of the project to implement the water current system (98.2%), the shortage of irrigation water (96.4%), the increase in prices of spare parts for the irrigation network (95%), irrigation water pollution through rubbish and household waste (93.2%), erosion of canals and planting of trees on their bridges (91.8%), limited availability of spare parts for the improved irrigation network and the difficulty of obtaining them (90.9%), lack of trained workers to perform maintenance work for the chamber and piping network (90.5%), difficulty in carrying out maintenance of motors and pumps and the raise of their costs (88.6%), The manipulation of contractors and their lack of commitment to the correct specifications in the pursuit of gains (86.4%), lack of communication between beneficiary farmers and stakeholders in the development of irrigation to solve problems (85%), the discharge of sewage and sheds in the branch canal (84.1%), the participation of farmers in implementation as passive viewers only without noting their information or opinions (83.2%), the reoccurring failures of irrigation motors and taps (81.8%), clogging of canals via weeds (81,4%), lack of interest in purification of the waterways and water scarcity (80.5%), overcrowding of irrigation and emergence of disputes among farmers due to power cuts and lack of water (78.6%), weakness of farmers real participation in initial planning for development (77.7%), and weak role of the association and disintegration and existence on paper only (75%).
- Subjects
BUHAYRAH (Egypt); IRRIGATION; WATER in agriculture; FARMERS; COOPERATIVE agriculture; COOPERATIVE societies; AGRICULTURAL productivity
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Economics & Social Sciences, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 4, p341
- ISSN
2090-3634
- Publication type
Article